Music Trivia -> Former Career -> S
Before the fame arrived, what did performers do to make ends meet?
Name & Band | Former Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow | Music teacher | This was even before she was a backup singer for Michael Jackson. - Martha Hankins | ||
| Simon and Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel | math teacher, carpenter | I bet the students had fun with his name. - Amy | ||
| Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin | Construction worker | Had a job building custom homes with his brother-in-law, after he left the band JP and the Cats. After his stint in construction, he joined the Smashing Pumpkins - Ra'akone | ||
| Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan | worked at a records store | While there, he met future bandmate James Iha. - Ra'akone | ||
| Split Enz, Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner | At one stage they worked in a lolly factory and were always white when they left due to the icing su | - dizrythmia | ||
| Split Enz, Neil Finn | Worked in a record store and a hospital before the phonecall. | - dizrythmia | ||
| Split Enz/ Crowded House, Neil Finn | He used to play the piano and ukelie in a sailor suit. | - i lurve the enz | ||
| Sting, Sting | Bus Conducter | Got this tidbit from Ripley's Believe it or Not. - Hank |
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